Rick Snyder

Gov. Terry McAuliffe has became one of the first governors to win a Publius Award this week, his office said in a news release. The award, named after the Federalist Papers pseudonym used by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison, celebrates bipartisanship, according to the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, which bestows it. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder also won the award, and promptly whammied McAuliffe on stage by handing him a Michigan State hat. Michigan State knocked the University of Virginia out of the NCAA basketball tournament last weekend. That aside, McAuliffe said he was honored. He and Snyder are the first two sitting governors to win,...

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Gov. Terry McAuliffe has became one of the first governors to win a Publius Award this week, his office said in a news release.
The award, named after the Federalist Papers pseudonym used by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison, celebrates...

A Detroit-area community that targeted blacks by demolishing poor neighborhoods is scrambling to come up with money to finally end the case — 44 years after a federal judge found clear evidence of discrimination. The judge, Damon Keith, is now 93 years...

As Congress considers a long-awaited transportation funding bill, some Republican governors as well as Democrats say they aren't waiting to raise or borrow money to fix or build roads, bridges and highways. Federal lawmakers should look at funding options...

Like most Americans, the drivers of Detroit are required to carry auto insurance whenever they get behind the wheel, but many law-abiding residents can't afford the Motor City's highest-in-the-nation auto premiums, which top $5,000 a year in some...

Falling bridges and crumbling roads trumped anti-tax sentiment in more than a half-dozen states during this year's legislative sessions, prompting them to increase gasoline and other taxes to address infrastructure needs. In some states, the taxes...

Enrollment in Michigan's expanded Medicaid program is a quarter higher today than what officials thought it would be five years from now, which will squeeze the budget when the state starts paying in 2017. Here's a look at the cost of offering health...

Heavy crude oil will be banned from a pipeline that runs under a scenic waterway where Lakes Huron and Michigan meet, state officials said Tuesday, adding they also will require independent analyses of future alternatives to the pipes and worst-case...

Democrats proposed a $530 million business tax hike as part of a road-repair plan announced Tuesday, while House Republicans huddled privately for the first time to consider a Senate-passed proposal that includes a 15-cents-a-gallon gasoline tax increase....

DETROIT Top officials from the UAW union and General Motors were all smiles Monday as they officially kicked off contract talks and promised to work together even as sharp differences percolate just beneath the surface. This year, the union wants to...

Michigan has terminated a three-year, $145 million contract with Aramark Correctional Services a year after the company hired to feed state prisoners came under scrutiny for unapproved menu substitutions, worker misconduct and other issues, state...

DETROIT Ford on Thursday confirmed it will move production of the next-generation Ford Focus and Ford C-Max from a Michigan assembly plant in 2018, and UAW union officials say the work is going to Mexico. The company's decision sets a potentially...

The Affordable Care Act, upheld in a decisive 6-3 Supreme Court ruling Thursday, is now virtually assured of surviving as a permanent feature of the American healthcare system.
Republicans' chances of repealing the law, which provides health coverage...

Gay rights advocates are hoping to parlay the momentum from their legislative victories in Indiana and Arkansas this week into further expanding legal protections for gays and lesbians in those states and others.
Facing widespread pressure, including...

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been hospitalized with a blood clot in his right leg, about a month after tearing his Achilles tendon while jogging.
Snyder spokeswoman Sara Wurfel says the 56-year-old Republican was admitted to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital...

Michigan will recognize more than 300 same-sex marriages that were quickly performed in the hours before an appeals court blocked a ruling legalizing the unions, Gov. Rick Snyder announced Wednesday.
The Republican said he wouldn't appeal a federal...

A Michigan judge is being asked to decide Monday whether a 94-year-old former Winnetka teacher charged with molesting children should be evaluated for mental competency at jail or at his home, where he is receiving hospice care, according to his...

Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Friday that creates a drug-testing program for adult welfare recipients who are suspected of using drugs.
The Republican-backed proposals, House Bill 4118 and Senate Bill 275, were among several bills approved...

Detroit might not be ready to exit the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history until Dec. 15, a spokesman for the city's emergency manager said on Friday."(The) 15th is the target we think the city can meet," said Bill Nowling, the...

Detroit won U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval on Friday for a road map to end its fiscal free fall and revitalize a city sinking under a huge debt load and dysfunctional government.Judge Steven Rhodes confirmed the city's plan to shed about $7 billion of its...

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